The City of Stuttgart has $12,206,933 proposed to spend in 2013 with $12,210,031 as its proposed income. Each year the City of Stuttgart puts together its proposed operating budget for the year with the Stuttgart City Council adopting the budget on Dec. 31.

This year was no different.

“No, it is basically just like it was,” Stuttgart Mayor Marianne Maynard said about comparing the 2012 budget to 2013. But she feels the city is in good shape compared to other towns its size. “Yeah, I do. We are holding our own, better than others. We had some overages in some departments, be we have a sound budget basically this year.”

City employees will be seeing a pay increase, something Maynard said she has been working toward since holding the office of mayor.

“We have built-in raises for all departments in salaries. We try to do that every year, but raising salaries is not something that can be done overnight,” she explains.

“Balance is for any overtime for assistant code enforcement officer plus built in raises,” Carol Ables, Personnel Director for the City of Stuttgart, said.

Department: Parks

Equipment: Leases and rent $2,000

Equipment: Tools, equipment $250

Fuel $7,500

Insurance: Fire and casualty $500

Insurance: Health $9,025

Maintenance, repairs and supplies $7,000

Miscellaneous $495

Medical $120

Office Expense $100

Park and Rec shared expense $20,000

Pension: City Contribution $5,500

Salaries $36,000

Tax: FICA $2,235

Tax: Medicare $525

Utility: Electricity $2,400

Utility: Gas $500

Utility: Telephone $2,350

Utility: Water $1,500

Workers Compensation $2,000

Total $100,000

The annual Park salaries break down to the full-time maintenance supervisor receiving $25,043.00 annually. The remaining balance is for the seasonal worker salary, plus any overtime by either worker plus built in raises, Ables explained.

The shared expense line item was explained by Stuttgart Finance Officer Jane Jackson as, “costs that the city help pay for in parks and rec.”

Department: Mosquito

Advertising $100

Dues and subscriptions $250

Equipment: Leases, rents, notes payable $1,500

Page 2 of 2 - Equipment: Tools, Equipment $1,800

Fuel $7,000

Insurance: Fire and casualty $10,705

Insurance: Health $13,100

Maintenance, repairs and supplies $240,300

Miscellaneous $500

Medical $150

Office Expense $1,500

Pension: City contribution $12,500

Salaries $85,000

Tax: FICA $5,270

Tax: Medicare $1,235

Tax: Sales and use $30,000

Training and travel $1,500

Uniforms $1,000

Utility: Electricity $1,500

Utility: Gas $2,500

Utility: Telephone $1,885

Workers compensation $2,555

Total $421,850

The $240,000 includes the purchase of chemicals as well as repair and maintenance of the department's equipment, Jackson said.

Stuttgart Mosquito Control Director makes an annual salary of $37,000, while the Mosquito Control Officer brings home $18,720. The remaining balance is for salaries for the mosquito control seasonal truck drivers and overtime for the mosquito control officer plus built in raises, Ables explained.